Baghdad, founded in 762 AD by Abbasid caliph ... passing an 800-year-old Abbasid palace with an inner courtyard adorned with brick facades, arches and arabesque reliefs. They also visited Bab ...
An Iraqi professor leading a group of students on a walking tour of Baghdad's historic centre invites them to stop and admire a centuries-old stone wall erected to shield the city from Mongol ...
passing an 800-year-old Abbasid palace with an inner courtyard adorned with brick facades, arches and arabesque reliefs. A man walks past historic buildings on Rashid Street in central Baghdad ...
Iraqi environmentalists have warned that action is needed to tackle pollution in Baghdad, as monitoring organisations declared the capital to have some of the most toxic air quality in the world.